šemu •
adv. •
really, very
Examples
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lélem šému •
middle of the night
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deMíle šému •
really old
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john méLu šému k'éʔi •
John is a very old man.
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john hámuʔáŋaw šémuyi •
John is really happy.
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t'é:liwhu deMíle šému kátumuweʔ •
really old man from way back
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dawp'áp'ɨl delélegiʔ Migiʔáŋawiʔ šémuyi •
The red flower is very pretty.
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démlu muʔáŋaw šémuyi •
The food is very tasty.
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demuc'úc'u muʔáŋaw šémuyi t'á:gɨma •
The berries are tastier than the pinenuts.
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demuc'úc'u muʔáŋaw šémuyi t'á:gɨm lélew •
The berries are tastier than the pinenuts.
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máʔak ʔilk'únk'uniʔ šémuyi •
The stick is really bent.
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máʔak ʔilší:šibiʔ šémuyi •
The stick is really straight.
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t'é:liwhu ʔilšɨ́šɨšiʔ šémuyi šáwlamhu lélew •
The man is heavier than the girl.
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t'é:liwhu ʔiltétebiʔ šémuyi •
The man is really fat.
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t'é:liwhu ʔiltétebiʔ šému mámaʔi •
The man became really fat.
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šáwlamhu ʔilsɨ́nsɨniʔ šémuyi •
The girl is really thin.
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šáwlamhu ʔilsɨ́nsɨniʔ šému mámaʔi •
The girl has been getting really thin.
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t'éweʔ šémuyé:s •
not very long
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t'éweʔ dewgúʔuš šémuyé:s •
not very long; short
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wayásaŋ šémuyé:si •
It's not very hot.
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té:bɨl t'éweʔ šému dewgúʔuš k'éʔi •
The table is really long
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wá:diŋ wayásaŋi ʔló:t wayásaŋ šémuyé:sayigi •
Today is hotter than yesterday.
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t'é:liwhu dókdoʔ šému k'éʔi •
The man is a real doctor.
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t'é:liwhu dókdoʔ šému mámaʔ k'éʔi •
The man is finished being a real doctor.
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beverli dabóš šému k'éʔi •
Beverly is a real boss.
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beverli dabóš šému mámaʔ k'éʔi •
Beverly is finished being a real boss.
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ʔitgumbáŋa t'éweʔ dewgúʔuš šému k'éʔi •
The table is really long.
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té:bɨl t'éweʔ dewgúʔuš šému k'éʔi •
The table is really long.
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ʔildútduyiʔ šémuyi •
He is really short.
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t'é:liwhu delkáykayiʔ šému šáwlamhu dúlel héši •
The man is a lot taller than the girl.
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t'é:liwhu ʔilkúškušiʔi šáwlamhu ʔilkúškušiʔ šémuyé:saš •
The man is a little bit shorter than the girl.
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demuc'úc'u muc'úc'u šémuyi t'á:gɨm lélew •
The berries are sweeter than the pine nuts.
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demuc'úc'u muc'úc'u šémuyi t'á:gɨm dúlel héšiʔ •
The berries are sweeter than the pine nuts.
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demuc'úc'u muc'úc'u šémuyi t'á:gɨm ʔíwiʔ gáyap •
The berries are way sweeter than the pine nuts.
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lembí:c'ɨk gumbeyéc'ɨk sáʔ šémuyi •
The door is really open.
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lák'aʔ yáha šémuyi •
One really hurts.
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lák'aʔ lá:du yáha šémuyi •
One of my hands really hurts.
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mé:hu ʔilkáykayiʔ šémuyi šáwlamhu ʔíwiʔ gáyap •
The boy is way taller than the girl.
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ʔilkáykayiʔ šemuhé:ši •
Is he very tall?
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t'é:weʔ šémuŋa dewgíʔišé:s k'éʔi •
It is not very long.
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wí:diʔ t'á:gɨm muʔáŋiʔ šémuyi wí:diʔ lélew •
These pine nuts taste (way) better than those ones.
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wí:diʔ t'á:gɨm ʔwáʔ wí:diya muʔáŋiʔ šémuyi •
These pine nuts here taste way better than those (ones).
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wí:diʔ t'á:gɨm muʔáŋiʔ šémuyi wí:diʔa •
These pine nuts taste better than those ones.
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wí:diʔ t'á:gɨm muʔáŋiʔi wí:diʔ muʔáŋiʔ šemuyé:saš •
These pine nuts taste good, those ones don't taste very good.
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Migiʔáŋawiʔ šémuyi •
It's really pretty.
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šáwlamhu ʔilkáykayiʔ šémuyé:si mé:hu lélew •
The girl is shorter than the boy.
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ʔiltétebiʔ šémuyé:si •
She's not very fat.
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ʔiltétebiʔ šémuyi •
She is really fat.
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šáwlamhu ʔilkúškušiʔi mé:hu ʔilkúškušiʔ šémuyé:saš •
The girl is short/fat, and the boy is not very short/fat.
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ʔiltétebiʔ šémuyi mé:hu ʔiltétebiʔ šémuyé:saš •
She's really fat; the boy is not very fat.
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ʔiltétebiʔ šémuyi mé:hu •
The boy is really fat.
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šáwlamhu delkáykayiʔ šemuyé:s mé:hu ʔíleʔ •
The girl is shorter than the boy. / The girl isn't very tall next to the boy.
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wí:diʔ t'á:gɨm muʔáŋiʔaš hádigi muʔáŋiʔ šemuyé:si •
These pine nuts taste better than those ones. / These pine nuts taste good, those ones don't taste very good.'
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dewp'áp'ɨl deMigilá:tuʔ šémuyé:s •
The flower is ugly. / The flower isn't very pretty.
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t'é:k'eʔ dewdíʔiš k'éʔaš dewp'áp'ɨl t'é:k'eʔ šemuyé:s •
There are more trees than flowers. / There are many trees; there aren't many flowers.
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delkáykayiʔ šémuyé:s •
short, not very tall
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wí:diʔ k'étep demí:p'ɨl šemuyé:s ʔaš lák'aʔ demí:p'ɨlé:s k'éʔi •
This jar is not very full, that one is empty
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ʔilšɨ́šɨšiʔšemuyé:si •
He is very light
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lák'aʔ t'é:weʔ dewgúliweʔ k'éʔi lák'aʔ dewgúliweʔ šemuyé:s k'áʔaš •
This one is high, that one is not very high. / Thsi one is taller than that one.
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wí:diʔ demíp'ɨl šému lák'aʔ dewMéyuya dewgíʔiš lélew •
This one is very full next to the one that is half full.
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wí:diʔ lák'aʔ ʔitgumc'igúʔuš gumbeyéc'ɨgiʔ šemuyé:si lák'aʔ gumbeyéc'ɨgiʔ šémuyaš •
This one bag isn't really closed, that one is really closed
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lák'aʔ gumbeyéc'ɨk šémuyi lák'aʔ gumbeyéc'ɨk šemuyé:saš •
One is really closed, one is not really closed
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k'étep lák'aʔ mí:p'ɨl šémuyaš lák'aʔ mí:p'ɨl šemuyé:si •
One jar is very full, one is not very full
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ʔilkáykayiʔ šémuyi •
He is really tall
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mé:hu delkáykayiʔ k'éʔaʔ dihámuyudiš t'é:weʔ delkáykayiʔ šému k'éʔiyeʔi •
I thought the boy was tall, he is very tall
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t'é:liwhu delkáykayiʔ šému k'áʔaʔ pú:lul behéziŋa p'a:šé:sleŋ téšiʔ •
The man is too tall to get into the small car
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wí:diʔ dewdíʔiš yá:k'aʔ wí:diʔ t'í:yeliʔ šémuyé:s lák'aʔ deltétebiʔ wéwɨš •
This pinecone, this one is not very tall, this one is sort of fat.
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wí:diʔ t'í:yeliʔ šému beziyéziŋ lélew •
This one is really big next to the small ones
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míʔlew behéziŋ šému dewdíʔiš yá:k'aʔ míʔlew lélew •
This pinecone is smaller than all of them
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mé:hu t'é:k'eʔ t'á:gɨm ʔíʔwi demuc'úc'uŋa ʔíʔw šemuyé:saʔ •
The boy ate many pinenuts, he didn't eat many berries. They boy ate more pinenuts than berries
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mé:hu šáwlamhuhhak'a wagayáyʔ galamšémuyi •
The boy really wants to talk with the girl
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wí:di ʔilk'úyk'uyiʔaš wí:di ʔilk'úyk'uyiʔ šemuyé:saʔ •
This one is more bent than that one / This one is bent, that one is not very bent
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hádigi ʔilk'úyk'uyiʔ šémuyi •
That one is very crooked
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hádigi ʔilk'úyk'uyiʔ šémuyi wí:di ʔilk'úyk'uyiʔ šemuyé:saš •
That one is more crooked than this one / That one is very crooked, this one is not very crooked
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ditamugáyʔliʔ šémuyi •
I am really bored
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tamugáyʔliʔ šémuyiduŋ Mí:k'iʔi •
He looks really bored
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t'á:gɨm lí: léʔwšemuyé:sušayʔgi •
I don't always eat pinenuts
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wayák'ašudi wayák'aš šémuyetiʔi •
It was warm, and then it became really warm / It was warm, and then it became warmer
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wayák'aš šemuyé:saʔ dihámuyuŋili •
I didn't think it was warm
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mé:hu ʔilkáykayiʔ šémuyé:saʔ šáwlamhu lélew •
The boy is shorter than the girl
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béverli t'é:k'eʔ t'á:gɨm ʔíʔwaʔ demuc'úc'u ʔíʔiw šemuyé:saʔ •
Beverly ate more pinenuts than berries. / Beverly ate many pinenuts, she didn't eat very many berries.
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mé:hu šáwlamhu lélew deʔilkáykayiʔ šemuyé:s k'éʔi •
The boy is not very tall beside the girl. / The boy is not as tall as the girl.
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wát há:biʔiš rí:noya léyeweʔé:s šémugabigi •
If it rains tomorrow, we definitely won't go to Reno
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detúmu leʔášaʔuŋilaš t'ánu leʔíleʔé:s šémuʔayʔgi •
I was going to be chief, but not many people were on my side
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pú:lul delélgiʔ dembíʔic'iʔ šému pú:lul delp'ílp'iliʔa •
the red car is more expensive than the blue car
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wesk'íʔim šémuyi dewdíʔiš gɨ́lgayleŋ ʔáʔaʔ •
It is very windy. The tree is breaking.
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wesk'íʔim šémuyaʔ •
It's really windy
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dúku šému wesk'íʔimi dewdíʔiš gɨ́lgayleŋ ʔáʔaʔ •
It's really windy. The tree is breaking.
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t'é:liwhu delkáykayiʔ šemuyé:s k'éʔi •
The man is not very tall
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šú:p yák'aši gó:beʔ yak'ašemuyé:saš •
The soup is warmer than the coffee
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šú:p metušémuyi •
The soup is very cold
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t'é:liwhu hádigi t'é:weŋa dawdáŋaʔ šemuyé:s k'éʔi •
That man is not very tall
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delkáykayiʔ šemuyé:s lí: dewMéyuya lí: dayáli •
He is not tall, he's standing in the middle
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t'é:k'éŋa šemuyé:s léw diwgayayŋáŋayaʔ •
We talked a little bit of small talk
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halíŋa šemuyé:s ʔwáʔ ʔéʔišŋa ʔló:t •
But she wasn't here for long yesterday
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wát'a šému •
the real river
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ʔíʔib šemuyé:si •
He is not crying very hard
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ʔíʔibi ʔíʔib šemuyé:siŋa •
He is crying, but he is not crying very hard
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háʔaš šémuyi •
It's raining hard
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háʔaš šemuyé:si •
It's not raining too hard
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lélɨm šému •
really dark
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t'é:k'eʔ šému dewgálisiʔ k'éʔi •
he is really old
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dimɨtgí:bɨl šémuyi •
I really don't believe him
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šaklaméntu t'é:weʔ dewgúʔuš k'éʔi lí:nu t'é:weŋa dewgúʔuš šemuyé:s k'áʔaš •
Sacramento is farther away than Reno is
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t'é:k'eʔ šemuyé:s daʔmóʔmoʔa dewgálisiʔ k'éʔi •
He is not too much older than the woman
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t'é:liwhu t'é:k'eʔ dewgálisiʔ k'éʔi daʔmóʔmoʔ t'é:k'eŋa dewgálisiʔ šemuyé:s k'áʔaš •
The man is older than the woman
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t'é:liwhu delkáykayiʔ šému k'éʔi daʔmóʔmoʔ ʔilkáykayiʔ šemuyé:saš •
The man is taller than the woman
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t'é:liwhu delkáykayiʔ šému k'éʔi daʔmóʔmoʔa •
The man is taller than the woman
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t'é:liwhu delkáykayiʔ šému k'éʔi daʔmóʔmoʔ lélew •
The man is taller than the woman
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t'é:liwhu delkáykayiʔ šému k'éʔi daʔmóʔmoʔ ʔíwiʔ gáyap •
The man is taller than the woman
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t'é:liwhu delkáykayiʔ wéwiš k'éʔi daʔmóʔmoʔ delkáykayiʔ šemuyé:s k'áʔaš •
The man is taller than the woman
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delkakáykayiʔ šemuyé:s k'éʔi •
They are very short
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t'í:yeliʔ šemuyé:s k'éʔi •
It is not very big
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wemétušémuyi baŋáya •
It's really cold outside
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wemétuʔ šémuyetiʔi baŋáya •
It's getting really cold outside
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ʔilšɨ́:šɨšiʔi šémuyi •
It's really heavy
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wayák'ašemuhé:ši baŋáya •
Is it very warm outside?
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delkáykayiʔ šemuyé:s k'éʔi •
he is not very tall
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ʔilkáykayiʔ šemuyáʔyiʔi •
He's really tall!
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mí:p'ɨl šemuyé:si •
It's not too full
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t'é:k'eʔ šemuyé:s guwáwayi •
There's not much left
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lá:duya diyáha šémuyi •
I really hurt on my hand
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ʔilší:šibiʔ šémuyi •
It's really straight
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ʔí:bik šemuyé:sáʔyiʔi •
It is not very ripe
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halíŋa šému wewgúʔušaš léw lép'amayʔgi •
It took a long time for us to get there
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halíŋa šému lélšɨmuweʔé:sayʔgi •
I didn't fall asleep for a long time
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halíŋa šému gó:beʔ métuʔetiʔi •
It took a long time for the coffee to cool down
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gó:beʔ yasaŋšémuyudi téštiw yák'ašetigiši •
The coffee was really hot, and now it's becoming warm
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delšɨ́šɨšiʔ šému •
It's really heavy
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delšɨ́šɨšiʔ šemuyé:s •
It's not so heavy
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mí:p'ɨl šémuyi •
It's really full
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t'é:k'eʔ šemuyé:s •
not very much
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muʔálŋiʔ šémuyi •
It tastes really good
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demuʔálŋiʔ šému •
It tastes really good
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démlu didópošegšémuhayi •
I almost burned the food
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ʔábuluš hésgeʔ lé:beʔ ʔí:bik'i hálaŋa ʔí:bik šemuyé:saš •
The apples have been ripening for two days, but they're still not very ripe
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ʔumMí:giʔáŋawišémuyi •
You look really good!
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beziyéziŋ déʔek dibipɨsmámaʔiŋa t'í:yeliʔ lák'aŋa dibipɨsé:s k'éʔi t'í:yeliʔ k'éʔiš ʔilšɨ́šɨšišémuyi •
I finished picking up the small rocks, but I can't pick up the big rock. It's big. It's heavy.
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ŋáwŋaŋ ʔémlep'ayʔšemuyi •
The child is really angry
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hamuʔáŋawšémuyaʔ ʔémc'itigi •
She will feel really good when she wakes up
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ʔelšɨmʔáŋawaʔ ʔudi hamuʔáŋawšémuyaʔ ʔémc'itigi •
After she has a good sleep, she will feel really good when she wakes up